A/N: Hey guys! Speedy Update! YAY! Yeah I'm nervous for my exam so I'm trying to keep myself occupied so i don't freak out and fail. So onward to an action packed chapter- THE CHUNIN EXAMS!
Thanks to Tatty and Dragon for being my 50th review :D and i hope I've filled the chapter up enough with action packed kickass awesomeness! Darkcush, thanks for the encouragement. And to SonOfObito... I have a plan for which ever way the poll goes but right now it's three votes to yes for the shipping. And yeah, i battled with the last bit of the chapter. And the jib at Shisui from Kasumi is her just kind of denying any feelings for him and she couldn't think of anything else with Minato cornering her suddenly like that and you know how that whole first crush thing never truly leaves you (Or maybe it's just me) Kasumi is denying herself because she can't see past Obito who was like her only light back then. Sorry if you didn't like the last chapter, I SHALL TRY HARDER! :D (Sonea Storm Shadow bounces back again!)
Anyway, the chunin exam was inspired by Get it Started by Pitbull ft Shakira (Love the last minute or so of that song) And after that was inspired by What Now by Rihanna, i just feel like the powerful music to the song and the lyrics really relate to Kasumi quite a bit (Or again, maybe it's just me)
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The stadium was packed and that only made the jonin and ANBU even twitchier but what was Minato and Hiruzen playing at with only eight covering the arena? There were going to be three Kages right there for the taking.
Kasumi sat quietly with Shisui in the spectator's box and waited patiently for the matches to begin as they sat comfortably and Shisui was taking to his girlfriend, Misu: A black hair and black eyed beauty similar to Mikoto, Fugaku's wife, as Kasumi examined people and the ANBU around. She looked up at the Kage's box where Minato, Hiruzen and the Kazekage sat and she scowled ever so slightly unconsciously.
Genma was the proctor for the finals as Hayate was suppose to be doing it. All the other participants moved to their box after a short speech from Minato and Genma's explanations to the candidates before Naruto and Neji stood to face each other and the match began.
Naruto threw kunai, which, Neji blocked easily and he went in for close combat, which was dangerous against a Hyuuga. Neji winded him and went in to block a chakra point but Naruto moved at the last second and rolled away from him. Naruto got up and used shadow clones and charged in again. Neji dispelled them easily so Naruto came up with a lot more shadow clones to attack. Neji quickly found the real Naruto and hit him quite hard and his clones dispersed. Two hidden clones jumped out for an attack but Neji used some rotation using chakra to force them back. Neji got into a different stance and headed for Naruto and began hitting his chakra points and the match was nearly called until Naruto stood up again. Neji then explained to Naruto about the seal the branch members are put under by the head family of the Hyuuga clan. But Naruto refused to believe that fate is fixed and everyone is chosen to lead a certain path no matter what.
Kasumi smiled and her seal burned uncomfortably as red Kyuubi chakra was lashing out wildly from Naruto to open his chakra points and for one last hit against the Hyuuga. Neji and Naruto going head to head when there was an explosion from the clashing chakra and we had to wait to see who got up first.
Neji stood up first and walked over to Naruto lying in the ground when the ground broke from under him and Naruto gave him a nice upper cut to his jaw, knocking him down. Naruto was declared the winner. Neji was taken away in a stretcher and Naruto danced around a little bit before Sasuke was there and they were bantering again like usual before Naruto began to make his way back to the competitors box and Kasumi smiled, everyone waiting in anticipation for the next match as Gaara was making his way down.
The match was called to begin as Sasuke headed in for an attack but Gaara's special sand was protecting every move Sasuke made and Kasumi scowled… Her stomach began to feel uneasy with the odd burn under her skin on her stomach… Her seal was acting weirdly. Kasumi looked down at the arena and noticed a huge drag mark and Gaara resting in his sand, slowly getting up. Sasuke slipped through the defence and kicked Gaara with a roundhouse kick, grabbed him then kneed him in the gut.
She had to blink and lean forwards in her seat to see Sasuke's movements… They were fast and dangerous, his taijutsu had gone up ten folds and Gaara's sand was battling to keep up. Gaara created a sand dome around him with a small peak hole and Sasuke charged in again and aimed a punch for the whole but the sand pointed out and nearly hit Sasuke who jumped back immediately and the sand returned to it's original shape and closed up completely.
"It's no wonder that Gaara kid is so good with sand always protecting him like that." Shisui said with his sharingan active, leaning towards Kasumi to speak and she nodded.
"Speed is his only downfall since the sand is heavy and too slow to react sometimes. You guys have trained him well over the last month." Kasumi commented, her hand moving unconsciously as she began to knead at her seal under her clothing and the bind seal around it in the form of a brace. Sasuke head to hit the dome again and the sand chase after him as he barely dodged the sand spikes.
"It was mainly Kakashi's work, watch." Shisui said, pointing to Sasuke who began to unwrap his one hand from the strapping he had around it as he sat halfway up the wall. He formed hand seals and Kasumi smiled and shook her head.
"He couldn't resist could he?" Kasumi laughed and Shisui smiled as they watched Sasuke form a Chidori. Sasuke used the speed to run down the wall and his Chidori penetrated the sand dome as everything stopped as the crowd watched intensely. Sasuke finally noticed his hand was stuck as Gaara began screaming that he was bleeding and Sasuke activated Chidori again and pulled his arm free as an arm of sand followed him and Kasumi doubled over slightly as she felt her seal expanding into a small delicate line around her waist. The sand arm retracted and everyone saw Sasuke flinch from the KI coming from the sand dome. It cracked and fell, revealing Gaara holding his wounded shoulder and Kasumi began to feel a little sleepy as feathers dropped down?
"Release!" Kasumi called, holding the ram seal as she cut her chakra off and it wavered slightly as she saw some of the others do the same in the arena and a bang with a smoke bomb around the Kage's box and Kasumi growled, Shisui standing defensively next to her. ANBU automatically reacted but a barrier seal was quickly put up and Kasumi scowled, looking closer to see that barrier didn't have a weakness at the current moment but she didn't have time to study it because Oto and Suna nin began to surround the remaining nin who had woken up from the genjutsu.
Kasumi looked back and her eyes met Kakashi's as she saw Gai and Itachi standing with them where some of their students sat with Kurenai and Asuma as well as Kasumi recognised a few other people. Her chakra began to build as she carefully looked at each enemy nin, stepping up onto the back of the bench. Shisui looked up at her but she just put a hand on his shoulder and she felt him tense but nodded.
"Get down!" He called, ducking as the Konoha nin followed and Kasumi let her chakra loose in a quick shock wave of deadly lightning taking out the unsuspecting shinobi before all hell broke loose with fighting. Shisui and Kasumi hi-fived, deciding in that one simple movement which side they were going to take out before Shisui used his Shunshin he was famous for in a turquoise hint of light and Kasumi followed with a silver flash, their speed and techniques crossing the entire time as the cleaned out the one side of enemy shinobi together.
"Having fun there?" Kasumi lashed out with slight fear at the voice with a kunai, cutting through the odd flesh… A white Zetsu, and looked to see others on the field where the matches were taking place.
"Shisui cover me!" Kasumi called as she made her way to the front of the box and stood on the small wall there, throwing two of her kunai into the small wall before clapping her hands together before beginning hand seals, stopping in the dragon seal and another of her Hiraishin kunai being held awkwardly with her thumbs behind her hand seal. "Lightning style: Twin dragon jutsu." Kasumi called as two electric dragons came out of the kunai as Kasumi held the seal and the two lightning dragons began to sweep across the field, taking out the white Zetsu clones that had also infiltrated Konoha with the Suna and Oto nin.
"That took up more chakra than I was expecting." Kasumi said softly to herself as her technique ended and she retrieved the two kunai as Shisui shunshinned next to her as they looked at the chaos.
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Kakashi sent Itachi with Naruto, Sakura and Shikamaru to go after Sasuke and the sand siblings who had ran as soon as the trouble began and Sasuke perused. With Shisui and Kasumi's power of quick dispatching of the enemy they could risk sending Itachi with since he was still injured from Kabuto a month ago.
Kakashi turned to see an enemy had snuck up behind him and was about to defend himself when Kasumi used a Dynamic Entry kick and sent the man flying with Shisui tagging along behind and she grinned at her brother.
"Just thought you needed some help over here." Kasumi said cheekily and Kakashi rolled his eyes and his eyes narrowed on Kasumi's rhythmic kneading on her seal with one hand and scowled slightly. Kasumi's head dodged to each side before there was a silver dull flash in front of Kakashi before Kasumi returned after taking out two ninja as she scowled with annoyance.
"Using your flash again huh?" Kakashi called to her as he turned to take on his opponents and he heard Kasumi laugh with murderous glee.
"Might as well instil some fear of Konoha's Silver Ghost being back." Kasumi said, fighting her own opponents. Kakashi smiled under his mask as his kunai slashed through a throat and turned, Kasumi right behind him as she ducked and turned into him, almost embracing as they reached around each other and killed an enemy nin behind each other.
"We still have it." Kakashi said into her ear and he felt her laugh for a second before they turned back to their fight and Gai got involved, creating a four man devastating team with Shisui as well.
Kasumi was about to make her next jump through Hiraishin when her seal burned and she hesitated and couldn't activate her chakra quick enough again for Hiraishin, taking a full on upper kick to her jaw, knocking her out.
Kakashi had felt her chakra's defence fall completely and the panic as it radiated but died again and turned to see her hitting the stairs, eyes closed and out cold. Shisui had taken out the enemy and covered him as he knelt down by her and turned her head gently to see she had a gash from inside her hairline on her left side as the blood began to pour down as he tapped her cheek. Blue eyes blinked dazily and blearily before she sat up and hissed, holding her head. She pulled her fingers away and saw the blood before replacing her hand with a grimace of annoyed pain but also because she sensed something coming… Another round of white Zetsu, she had trained herself back in Akatsuki to sense for them.
"Can you take them out like last time?" Kakashi asked as he helped her to her feet again and she winced from landing hard on the concrete stairs.
"I don't have enough chakra…. I've become slack in my training." Kasumi said as she watched Kakashi deflecting kunai and shuriken heading for them and noticing the attacks were centred around them as Gai and Shisui fended them off.
"I'll lend you mine." Kakashi said seriously but he did smile when he saw Kasumi's dumbfounded face as he dragged her by her wrist and stood by where the passed out Rookies were sleeping.
"Huh. I never thought I'd ever hear you say that." Kasumi said as he stepped up onto the back of the bench and helped Kasumi up, looking over the wall to indeed see another small platoon of Zetsu making their way through.
"Well it's not like we have much choice anyway." Kakashi sighed as the two siblings stood there together, turned towards each other slightly, Kakashi and Kasumi each having a hand on their hip as they watched the platoon.
"I'll control the attack, just send your resonated chakra through." Kasumi said calmly as they straightened up and stood, facing the wall.
"Take as much as you want." Kakashi eye smiled and held his hand palm up to her as he waited calmly. This movement brought a strange smile to Kasumi's face as she regarded his gloved hand… Kakashi never let her hold his hand before, not even when he was a kid.
"Hold on tight then." Kasumi said with a content smile as she clapped her hand down into his and their chakra began to resonate the second they linked their fingers together. Kasumi's hair whipped straight up as white chakra engulfed them, pushing out massive power with an electric sounding base to it as even Kakashi's hair swayed slightly from the joined and resonated chakra coursing through them, their joined hands resting between them as they calmed down enough as the white chakra reigned in to a slight glow.
Kakashi put his other hand into his pocket as he stood there with Kasumi's hand resting gently in his. Kasumi's protective and powerful chakra would react to any approaching threat as they tried to match their chakra levels to each other. He finally felt the slow pull of chakra from him as the aura glowed around both of them and Kasumi's chakra was building slowly for the attack as she waited.
Finally, White Zetsu began to clamber over the wall and Kasumi's hand tightened ever so slightly around his as he noticed her body tensed as well before a large bolt of lightning snaked over to the wall and missed first of all, blowing a huge chunk of the wall out and Kakashi chuckled silently to himself even if he could sense the annoyance from Kasumi as she began with multiple smaller strikes, hitting the white Zetsu dead on almost like lasers shooting quick targets.
Enemy and friend alike had stopped fighting for a second as they watched the legendary Hatake siblings, glowing with the equally legendary white chakra taking out the Zetsu with desiccating force, leaving nothing of the targeted Zetsu behind. Just as the technique began, people turned back to the fight but a quick disco like attack with white lightning left none of the enemy left standing and friends left unharmed from her attack as the siblings lost their white glow as their clothes and hair settled.
They all jumped down to the front of the box as they looked around at the damage and Kasumi looked up at the purple barrier around the roof that now had trees grown in it and she scowled before a bird's cry caught her attention.
"That's…" Gai began.
"Finally…" Kakashi sighed as they watched the bird go. The village had been evacuated and now it was time for the full out war.
"I need to lead my squad." Kasumi sighed as she made a move to jump over the railing when a hand caught her shoulder.
"You'd be no use out there in your state." Kakashi said calmly and Kasumi sighed. Kakashi watched her hand seals when his eye widened with surprised shock as his sharingan recorded it.
"Hidden Jutsu: Wolf's Fang Jutsu." Kasumi said deeply as Kakashi's sharingan eye widened further. That was how this jutsu worked, the taking in of the wolf's true nature… Nature, she was using Senjutsu chakra. Everyone stepped away from Kasumi as her hair whipped back and forth as she sparked with little bolts of white lightning chakra but her face held strain and concentration as Kakashi watched her chakra network naturally conform to the senjutsu forcefully entering her body through the seal of the jutsu, her hands clapped together. Once it was flowing freely, it began to gather and blend naturally with what was left of her chakra and she relaxed and stretched, wiping the blood away on her head with a smile of murderous satisfaction.
They watched with rapt attention as she threw her kunai up high into the air and she stood on the railing and with an exhaled breath, she shunshinned up with her kunai to a point in the air where she looked like a dot, head facing down towards the ground… She had stolen this from watching Itachi and trying his move out.
"Lightning style: Pin point accuracy kill." Kasumi said calmly as her acceleration and velocity reached zero and she reached her peak in the sky. Her kunai hanging around her glowed with white chakra and shot down to the earth like bolts of lightning, using her sensory skills right into the kunai, easily taking out platoons of the enemy because once the kunai hit the target, it gave out a killing after shock of smaller bolts of lightning, taking anyone out around them. The people on the ground saw the ghostly flash of silver, Kasumi was out on the field again as they resumed their battle and watched over the sleeping audience for now until the all clear was given.
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The battle was over and Shinobi had gathered around the dead Sarutobi Hiruzen and an unconscious Minato from his injuries and chakra exhaustion. They were just waiting for one more to arrive. Kasumi landed unstably but she smiled at her self satisfaction as her want to kill had faded considerably since being out there again and the Wolf's Fang jutsu was beginning to wear out as she used up the last of senjutsu chakra stored in her body, walking through the forest on the roof where she had been called to arrive.
"Are you okay?" Kakashi asked, appearing in front of her and gripped her shoulders gently.
"Yeah, just a little wobbly but I'll be fine. I was told to come back here." Kasumi said as she brushed her still bandaged hands through her hair to push it back.
"I don't think you should go over there." Kakashi stated firmly as Kasumi looked around him… She felt the solemn sadness and scowled as her natural defences came to play.
"What's happened?" Kasumi asked sharply and Kakashi sighed and closed his eyes as he shook his head.
"Sensei is okay… But Sarutobi Hiruzen-sama has been killed." Kakashi said softly as her eyes widened and she pushed past him and others standing in the way as she rounded up on Hiruzen's body and looked down with tears. There on his stomach was the Shinigami's mark… Kasumi turned and walked away briskly with her hands balled into fists and her teeth clenched with her head tilted and eyes hidden. She stopped as everyone watched silently as she stood in front of a branch.
"DAMMIT ALL!" She shouted, a fist connecting with the tree as lightning sparked out, taking the tree down and half of the man made forest as everyone stood quietly and Minato was awake now and saddened as he watched his student.
Kasumi held her arm out to the side stiffly as a large raven landed on it and she brought it around to the front of her body as she petted it calmly and turned back to the group standing quietly.
"I need a recovery team for Team 7 and Itachi. Who's coming with me?" Kasumi asked, her emotions closed behind dangerously dark eyes as she met no one's eye and they all stood stiffly at the KI still coming off of Kasumi. Genma, Kurenai and Shisui stepped forwards and Kasumi nodded as the Raven hopped and sat on her shoulder as she nodded at the team and they took off.
"We need to start a clean up. Fugaku, can your force begin cleaning up the bodies and disposing of those odd white men?" Minato asked and Fugaku nodded as he jumped off to do what his friend asked. "The Inuzuka clan should start looking for survivors underneath rubble and I'll…"
"Be going straight to the hospital. You're barely here right now Minato." Jiraiya said as he gently lifted Minato up after putting his arm over his broad shoulders and Kakashi instantly took his other side.
"Yeah, I guess you're right… What about Kasumi?" Minato wondered as Jiraiya and Kakashi began to carefully carry him to the hospital at a slow pace.
"She'll come back in her own time… She was close to Hiruzen-sama and she'll need some time sensei." Kakashi said solemnly and Minato gave him a sad smile and nodded.
"Once you're settled in and resting… I need to talk to you about something important Minato." Jiraiya said seriously and Minato scowled at his old sensei who looked down at him.
"It concerns Orochimaru, yourself and… Naruto." Jiraiya said and Minato scowled angrily.
Kakashi tensed ever so slightly. Kasumi had said she was worried about Minato finding out about Akatsuki and now it seemed Jiraiya may have found out and will tell Minato no matter the amount of pleading Kasumi would do to the old pervert and Minato wasn't going to take this well.
"We'll talk after the funeral sensei." Minato said to him and Jiraiya nodded.
'Kasumi's not going to like this.' Kakashi thought with a sigh.
"Come to pay your respects to Obito and Rin?" Kasumi asked as she felt Kakashi's presence approaching. She had been sitting out at the memorial stone since the early hours of the morning and leaning her back against the back of it with one knee drawn up.
"I see you've been doing the same." Kakashi said calmly and he heard her hum.
"They help me think… Can…" Kasumi hesitated as he watched her shoulders shift from behind the stone and her voice hitched slightly as she was going to speak again. Kakashi walked slowly around the stone, Kasumi was in the mourning attire with black shorts underneath the skirt, her right knee drawn up as she rested her elbow on it, head tilted down as her bangs hid her face. Kakashi got onto his haunches next to her and saw her other leg was curled into her resting on the grass as her hand twirled around a bottle of sake between her thigh and calf… It was unopened and full still.
"Ask Kasumi… What do you want?" Kakashi asked as he slowly reached out and cupped her cheek and held back a flinch as he felt a warm tear soaking into the crease between their skin as he gently turned her cheek so she could look at him. Her eyes were red and sore, still spilling tears uncontrollably and her glistening eyes showed this death had hit her hard. "You can't save everyone Kasumi… We both know this." Kakashi said gently as he gently wiped the tears from under her eyes and she nodded. Her lips began to quiver with unsaid words as her eyes welled up again and she dropped her gaze, her hands balling into shaking fists, loosely held.
Kakashi was surprised at the sudden movement as his butt hit the cold grass hard as he fell off of his haunches onto his elbows and Kasumi had her arms wrapped around his shoulders, half lying on top of him as her one hand gripped the shirt between his shoulder blades and the other gripped gently into his hair, pulling him ever closer and she cried into his shoulder.
"Please don't leave me too… Never leave me Kakashi." Kasumi begged in a strain whisper as his neck began getting wetter as he felt her quivering breaths in her lungs through his chest. Kakashi sat up off of his elbows as he wrapped his arms protectively and gently around his usually strong sister.
"I won't Kasumi… I promise." Kakashi said gently as he nuzzled into her warmth with closed eyes as he squeezed her slightly and adjusted the way they were sitting. "At least it wasn't sensei this time…" Kakashi said, trying to lighten the mood but it just made it worse as she gasped a sob and buried herself further into Kakashi's warmth as if she was freezing and trying to warm up… She was rather cold. Kakashi sighed as he looked up at the dark sky as he ran his hand through his sister's thick, coarse and long hair, like a wolf's coat unlike his soft, breezy hair obviously from their mother's side.
Kasumi's breath evened out and Kakashi had a slight worrying though she might have fallen asleep before she shifted and let go of his shirt and hair, sitting back on her heels as she smiled sadly and embarrassedly at herself.
"Thank you otouto… We better get to the funeral." Kasumi said, standing up and helped him up when she finally met his gaze again, she had a clearer mind even if she still winced at every movement.
"Seems that Wolf's Fang jutsu doesn't come without a price huh?" Kakashi asked as he fixed her hair and her shirt, brushing out the creases.
"No it doesn't…" Kasumi smiled loathingly at herself but she looked calmer than she had for a while. "We better get going if we don't want to be late."
"Go… I'll be there soon." Kakashi said, turning to the stone with his hands in his pockets and Kasumi began walking before she stopped and turned back to him.
"I forgot being late was your thing now… What happened to being on time?" Kasumi asked to Kakashi's back and she saw him shrug.
"'He' used to be laid back all the time… I decided to try it and I adopted it." Kakashi spoke calmly yet Kasumi could hear the old pain and self-anger in his voice. Kasumi smiled and looked at the ground in memory as it began to rain.
"Don't be too late… The funeral's already started." Kasumi said as she turned and began to walk away again and was gone with a dull silver flash through the downpour.
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Kasumi sat at her desk in the Station, studying a scroll during her break, leaning back in her chair comfortably. She had bumped into Kushina at the funeral and caught up once again, it was nice to see her and got the scolding of her life for not visiting more often… It seems as though Kakashi visited more frequently than she did but it was understandable in way since Kakashi was Naruto's sensei.
"Hatake Kasumi, I am here to escort you back to the Hokage's office immediately." An ANBU said sternly, suddenly appearing at her desk as the whole office froze. Kasumi sighed as she lazily looked up from her scroll, her eyes in a board manner as she regarded the masked man.
"What does sensei want?" Kasumi asked and the ANBU shifted as he cleared his throat.
"That is confidential." He said and Kasumi raised an eyebrow as she sat forwards in her big office chair and put the scroll down on her desk. Kasumi continued to regard the ANBU before she leaned over, looking around the ANBU as her chair squeaked with the effort… The office was still silent.
"Taicho?" Kasumi asked Fugaku who was standing by his office door with the usual frown and his arms crossed.
"Go. It must be official business if he's looking for you during office times." Fugaku said and Kasumi nodded as she sat up straight… She was in no rush, feeling particularly lazy as she rolled the scroll up, watching the ANBU become even more nervous in the dead silent office and the ANBU's shoulders jumped as her scroll finished rolling up and disappeared in a poof. Kasumi put both hands onto her desk as she pushed her chair out and stood up at the same time.
"Alright… Let's go." Kasumi said, snatching the ANBU's vest quickly, taking them straight into Minato's office as the ANBU stumbled from the sudden jutsu.
"Thank you Kai. You may go back to your duties." Minato said to the ANBU and Kasumi heard his voice… Jiraiya was there too and not looking to happy either.
"I'm guessing this is business if you summoned me during working hours sensei?" Kasumi asked as she stood, hands in pockets.
"You know I've always placed my full trust into you Kasumi." Minato began and Kasumi scowled ever so slightly at the beginning words but Kasumi nodded anyway. "Then tell me… Were you involved with the infiltration of Orochimaru that has just passed?" Minato asked harshly and Kasumi felt unreasonable anger rise up as her eyes took on an angry shape.
"No." Kasumi stated cold and sharp, pronouncing each letter perfectly to get her point across as she entered a staring contest with Minato.
"And I suppose you'll deny ever being apart of a criminal organisation named Akatsuki then?" Jiraiya asked coldly, this was turning into an interrogation.
"I don't deny that." Kasumi said, surprising both Minato and Jiraiya. She felt the buzz of a barrier go up automatically and quickly around Minato's office and she tensed slightly.
"So… You left Konoha with Orochimaru back then and joined Akatsuki with him. Then after three years you came back to Konoha to gain information and earn nearly the whole village's trust so you could infiltrate it and steal the Kyuubi right out from under everyone's noses?" Jiraiya pointed out, standing up straight as he saw Kasumi's posture move… They were all playing a delicate game of catch the rotten egg right then.
"No, I came back because he betrayed me. I was trying to stop the masked man and Akatsuki from the inside when I found out the organisation's true intentions." Kasumi explained calmly, trying to keep control of her instinct of fight or flight and feeling like a cornered animal. "How did you find this information out if I may ask?" Kasumi asked, her eyes turning to Minato's ice cold ones.
"Yakushi Kabuto. He confirmed some rumours I heard back then about my old friend Orochimaru and you working together. It explains how he escaped the boarders so easily… Just that offence is enough to throw you into jail for a long time and have your rank stripped from you permanently." Jiraiya said and Kasumi held Minato's unyielding gaze easily. She'll get Kabuto back later if she came out of this all right.
"I was under orders… I wasn't expected to live long after that anyway which explains my three years of Akatsuki." Kasumi said, her gaze looking at Jiraiya's as she tried not to curl her back defensively.
"Orders?" Jiraiya asked, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow.
"For a year after the masked man's attack I was under Danzo-sama's orders. He and Orochimaru helped my body get back after rigor mortis had set in after my 'death'. I joined Akatsuki with Orochimaru because I had no where else to go and Orochimaru said I owed him… A threat of coarse." Kasumi said, narrowing her eyes, trying to keep her annoyed anger under control.
"That doesn't mean you've broken your ties with other possible members of this organisation…" Minato said and Kasumi wanted to yell everything at the two men.
"I blew up my house to try to kill one of them, I fought tooth and nail for the Uchiha clan and we worked side by side against the masked man sensei. If I still worked for Akatsuki I could have quite easily betrayed you, taken you and Naruto and finished off the Uchiha clan and Akatsuki would have Itachi as well after 'orders' from the council." Kasumi snapped angrily as Jiraiya stood back and Minato was regarding his student carefully as she leaned over the table at him.
"It still doesn't completely clear your name." Jiraiya said, he was feeling a little bit sorry for having to do this to Kasumi but his information had disturbed him in the beginning.
Kasumi let out an angry shout, turning away from both of them and Minato stood up defensively as he saw her fighting with something in front of her. Kasumi turned back to him and was shocked at what he was seeing. Her flak jacket was hanging open as her one hand had pulled up her vest and the other hand had her seal brace hanging from her hand, exposing her seal as angry tears fell over her angry face, her teeth showing and gritted as she panted with mixed emotions.
"Do you think I fucking gave my damn life to you, to Kushina, to your damn family and this village just to end up with this fucking thing on my stomach huh? My one weak point that decides my life or death in a matter of chakra and a flick of a wrist because it holds my soul in my body so I can be here right now, still giving everything I have to protect you, Jiraiya-ji chan, Hiruzen-sama, Hayate, Anko, Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, Shisui, Fugaku, Kakashi… Even to someone so misunderstood as Kabuto… I'm tired of playing this tug of war with you sensei, you decide where my ties lie before you come and find me again to accuse me of something else… Speak to Kakashi, Itachi or Shisui if you want to know everything." Kasumi said angrily, her bark loosing it's bite as she listed off names and began to fix her seal brace back on and activated it as the seal crawled over the black brace and even onto her skin where it seeped painfully into her skin like a vein sticking out and she fixed her uniform.
She had turned around and began walking to the door by the last sentence and easily broke the barrier surrounding the room as she threw the door open and slammed it, making the windows rattle and both Minato and Jiraiya let out the breaths they had been holding as soon as they saw her seal.
"That was an S-ranked seal holding this room on lock down." Minato breathed out, still in shock and Jiraiya just nodded. "Kai… Find Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi and Shisui for me and bring them immediately." Minato ordered to the ANBU outside as he set off again.
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Kasumi hadn't meant to slam the door that hard but she couldn't care as she stormed down the halls of the tower with one destination in mind. She wiped away her stubborn hurt tears, she had done enough crying in the last month, it was time to get something done.
"Ah, what a surprise. What can I do for you Kasumi-san?" Iruka asked, he had been working in the mission's room while everyone was on lunch when Kasumi had stormed into the room and wiped at her eye… Was she crying? "Are you okay Kasumi-san? Do you want to talk about it?"
"Suicide mission. Give me one." Kasumi said sternly with anger as she put on a brave face filled with anger.
"I don't think you're in any fit state to…"
"Are you disobeying an order chunin?" Kasumi snapped darkly and Iruka flinched.
"No but it is my job and careful consolidation of each shinobi coming in here for a mission to make sure they are fit for duty and you definitely do not fit that description Kasumi-san." Iruka snapped forcefully back, he wasn't going to let a shinobi take on a suicide mission if they weren't in any fit state, mentally or physically, to try and come back even if it was classified as a 'suicide' mission. Iruka sat straight in his chair as he watched Kasumi's eyes arguing with herself in anger before they softened and she sighed. Iruka flinched as she walked up to the desk and put her hands down on the table and was preparing for the worst when she bent down lower and rested her forehead on her hands.
"You're right… I apologise for that Iruka, but I seriously need a tough mission right now." Kasumi said, looking up with a deep plea in her eyes and Iruka could see she actually NEEDED this mission.
"I have an S-rank for a jonin or higher but it's advised a team of jonin go if possible…"
"I'm still an ANBU, I can handle it Iruka… I'm not the famed Silver Ghost for nothing." Kasumi said, standing up again and giving him a reassuring smile, even if it was so small and forced and Iruka sighed. He grabbed the specified scroll and handed it to Kasumi's waiting hand with reluctance.
"Don't make me regret this by seeing you come back all bandaged up or worse…" Iruka sighed and Kasumi smiled properly this time.
"I don't plan on it, I just need to see where my skills are currently. I'll see you soon Iruka-sensei." Kasumi smiled and wiggled the scroll between her thumb and forefinger before she was gone in a flash of dull silver and Iruka sighed as he put his face between his hands.
"What did I just do…"
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Kakashi stood and regarded his sensei, Itachi and Shisui standing at his flanks and Jiraiya was in a relaxed position, leaning against the windowsill with his arms crossed but his face showed he was deep in thought. Minato had turned his chair to look over the damaged village as he processed the information he had just received.
"She kept it between the four of us to protect you and Naruto… She didn't want to cause anymore heartache for anyone and was willing to bear it for us." Minato scowled at Kakashi's explanation.
"She saved our clan because she knows the fight is going to be long and hard and gained respect from us as a whole and showed me a brighter and easier path to follow."Itachi said, with a deep sense of right to it. Kasumi worked her butt off to help that clan as Hiruzen wanted. The Uchiha clan was a part of Konoha but they just all needed a new perspective to see the little miscommunication and save the heartache and pain of many people, including Itachi and Shisui.
Minato wondered why Hiruzen was working her to the bone and she had been so distant… It wasn't that she had trust issues after touching her seal, she would have acted completely different than she had been. Kasumi was pulling away from people so she could work with a clear head and an outlook on things.
"So she joined Akatsuki… Found out their real plan… And then wanted to sabotage it from the inside?" Minato asked, turning in his chair as he looked at the three powerful and most trusted shinobi in Konoha… Including Kasumi. All three of them cringed slightly as they sensed the bubbling anger inside of Minato's KI.
"That's basically what her whole story entailed before Orochimaru stepped in. She stayed under Hiruzen-sama because of Orochimaru and Danzo and to keep away from you to watch over you as Hiruzen-sama had been doing since you became Hokage." Shisui explained.
"She basically chose Hiruzen because he was stronger and had more influence when it came to Danzo and the council specifically and she knew you would back him up about our clan. She wanted to keep you safe because you had other worries with having just started a family." Itachi said next and Minato hummed with a nod, brows furrowing in thought.
"Perhaps we accused her too quickly Minato." Jiraiya said, some regret over their earlier conversation with Kasumi. Minato let out a breath as he ran a hand through his hair.
"And this has put a further crack between us… Do any of you know where she is now?" Minato asked them and they all shook their heads.
"We came straight here sensei, I didn't see her as I was on my way through." Kakashi said and Itachi and Shisui both shook their heads.
"I need to fix this…" Minato said to himself before looking back up at the others in the room. "If you see here, tell her I'm looking for her. Dismissed, thank you." Minato said to them and they all nodded and left, leaving Minato with Jiraiya still there.
"I should be getting back to my research." Jiraiya said as he turned to leave out of the window.
"Don't leave Konoha yet sensei…" Minato asked. Jiraiya looked back and regarded his old decipal before nodding and he left and Minato sighed as a light wind blew into his office. He got up and shut the windows before leaving his office and heading downstairs to see the mission's room quite busy as everyone basically stopped what they were doing and bowed and Minato grinned sheepishly, greeting everyone he knew as he moved through the room to a certain table where a chunin sat, almost hoping Minato didn't see him and so Minato approached him.
"Why so timid Iruka?" Minato asked, hands on the desk calmly and leaning over even with a smile on his face and Iruka shrank back on his chair and smiled nervously.
"What can I do for you Yondaime?" Iruka asked and Minato nodded, looking down at the papers.
"Has Hatake Kasumi been in here today for a mission?" Minato asked, straight to the point and Iruka sighed as he relaxed, he'd been busted.
"She took a solo S-rank this afternoon… I know this sounds strange but she really looked like she needed it." Iruka said with slight regret on his voice and Minato sighed as he dropped his head before standing up straight again.
"Details?" Minato asked and Iruka handed him a scroll as he opened it and read it with a frown. "She really should have taken a team with her for this."
"She said she's still an ANBU and could handle it." Iruka said and Minato's body jerked slightly with widened eyes… He had completely forgotten she was still under ANBU, Hiruzen's ANBU.
"I have no doubt she can handle it." Minato said, giving the nervous and worried chunin a reassuring smile before looking back down at the scroll in thought. "Thank you Iruka." Minato said distractedly as he placed the scroll back into Iruka's hand and left briskly. He sat in his chair and began pulling out files as he went through them slowly… There was something he wanted to know and figure out.
Kasumi sat on her knees at the memorial stone as the cool breeze brushed past her. She was off duty for a few days after her last mission after a few injuries but it just proved how much her skills had fallen. Hiruzen's name had been added as well as the other names of the shinobi who had fallen on Orochimaru's attack and she pulled her maroon sleeves down further as she shifted in her hoodie and her weight over her knees in her black track pants.
Kasumi patted the stone with a sad smile as she said goodbye and stood up to wallow in another place for a while. She made her way through the old Uchiha district still standing for a reason she didn't know why and smiled tiredly at the little pink house still standing. Obito was strong and resilient like the house still standing, seemingly untouched from the attack she had waged on the masked man that night.
The Nakano shrine was still standing in its pristine condition as it was still being used by the Uchiha clan but not for coup d'etat reasons anymore and she smiled again as her hands shifted in her hoodie pockets… The sun had been covered by some clouds, which gave the old district a haunted mansion feeling. Even Itachi and Shisui's ridge with the waterfall looked dull and not as beautiful as it looks in a sunset. Kasumi trudged through a small uphill forest as she came to a grassy hill and laid down on her back as the sun came out once again as she let her arms rest out to the sides after unzipping her hoodie and let her black tank top take in the warmth.
Kasumi closed her eyes with a sigh, taking in the earthy smells of autumn coming around and the sound of the wind as it rustled through the grassy field and through the small forest below. The chimes from the shrine being heard from there as well, gave the area an enchanted feeling somehow. Her body was sore and exhausted from using the Wolf's Fang jutsu in such a short time between the uses and it was reckless, dangerous and it also showed how much she had slacked but first she needed some sort of plan because Akatsuki was becoming active which was bad.
Kabuto was right, she was nowhere near ready to take on this task even with the information she had… If Hiruzen and Minato couldn't stand up to just one Akatsuki member, what hope did she have even with Kakashi, Itachi and Shisui on her side?
"You seem to be thinking very hard about something?" Kasumi cursed, letting someone sneak up on her as she opened her eyes to the familiar voice.
"I have a lot on my mind." Kasumi responded, sitting up as Minato seated himself next to Kasumi and they looked over the landscape.
"I know that now." Minato said softly with a hint of regret in his voice as he wrapped his arms around his knees and rested his head on top of them. "Why didn't you tell me the truth from the beginning?" Minato asked, turning his head to regard his old student who had a solemn face looking over the landscape.
"You may think you have a cool head sensei… But deep down when you or your family are threatened, you're actually quite brash." Kasumi began as she turned her head to face him with a smile at his scoff. "If I told you back then, especially after the masked man attacked, you would have been out there after him and Akatsuki and tried to take them on yourself…" Kasumi explained as she turned her head to look forwards again and sighed silently. "My sacrifice would have been for nothing and we need to think about this rationally because we need all the power we can get by what happened a week ago to Konoha."
"You wanted to protect me?" Minato asked to clarify but Kasumi just brought her knees up and hugged them as she hid her face behind her arms and Minato caught a glimpse of a tear in her eye. "Hey now, come on. There's no need to get so upset Kasumi." Minato said gently as he scooted next to her and collected her into his arms as she curled into him.
"It's not just Konoha that's in danger." Kasumi said, muffled by Minato's hug as he rubbed her back.
"I know… Kakashi explained the whole story to me and I've come to a decision." Minato said firmly and Kasumi looked up and Minato smiled to stop a laugh bubbling up. "You never use to cry so much when you were younger." Minato teased and Kasumi pushed him as he fell onto his back with a laugh and she wiped at her eyes with her sleeves.
"I'm under a lot of stress and when I'm stressed I cry okay?" Kasumi pouted as she finished wiping her eyes and examining her sleeves as she fixed her smudged make up. "What decision did you come to?" Kasumi asked looking down at him and Minato folded his arms behind his head as he watched the clouds float by.
"I'm stepping down as Hokage…"
"No sensei, you can't it's your dream and Konoha can't let you right now in the state of emergency we're in right now and if it's about Akatsuki I…" Kasumi began in a panic before Minato sat up and put his hand over her mouth.
"You didn't let me finish." Minato smiled as he slowly removed his hand, ready to replace it if Kasumi tried to speak again. "You're right that it has always been my dream but there's more important issues to be dealt with… At least I have reached it but now it's time to protect the ones I love and care for… I need to be strong enough for what's coming and I can always go back to it when Akatsuki is no longer after my family."
"But… It's your dream." Kasumi said, looking down as she pulled blades of grass out and Minato couldn't help but smile.
"Kasumi…" Minato called and she looked up at him. "What is your dream?" Minato asked and he saw her eyes became defensive as she looked down at the grass she was playing with between her fingers.
"Promise not to hate me or anything sensei?" Kasumi asked timidly and Minato scowled but nodded anyway. "Since I was a girl, it had always been to protect my family and grow up and have a big family so no one had to be alone when someone died… I lost that dream the day Otou-sama died though I did still strive to try and help Kakashi but I never actively sought it out… Then Obito died and we discovered my untouched abilities and well… I sought out power, it was my dream to be powerful in my own rights and so I went after the Hiraishin and my lightning nature and took command to fulfil that need for power and you were always there to catch me when I fell and I…"
"So power was your dream?" Minato asked and Kasumi nodded.
"It still is in a way… I'm always trying to improve myself, make myself better but after being with Orochimaru for those years I began to draw a line of what I would do for power. I became your shadow and I was content with that, knowing I was second to the Hokage… But now after seeing what is out there, I feel insignificant and powerless and I know by your lessons that a team is more likely to succeed than doing it on your own so I quenched my thirst and pride and came back here and asked for help to protect the ones I love… I hunger for power and fame but I guess it's kind of like gambling, you have to know where to stop even if you're not satisfied." Kasumi sighed, lying back on the grass and Minato lay down on his side as he watched her.
"And you are powerful in your own right Kasumi, don't doubt that." Minato said, brushing a strand of hair away from her face.
"But it's never enough… I can't copy jutsus like Kakashi can and the end result from training is never what I want and it keeps that hunger growling in the back of my head even when I create a new jutsu or something… I keep myself on a tight leash sensei." Kasumi said as she turned her head to look at him and he nodded.
"And you punish yourself when you don't accomplish something like you did with this mission… You failed at stopping Orochimaru and I found out?" Minato asked and she nodded.
"I've become weak…"
"I was thinking the same thing." Minato cut her off and she sat up with an angry scoff and he laughed. "No, I'm talking about myself… I couldn't stand up to Orochimaru when Hiruzen-sama stood up to the Shodai and Niidaime Hokages that Orochimaru had resurrected some how… That's why I'm stepping down from my position now while there's still some time." Minato explained and he could see the gears running through her head.
"Then who's going to take your position… And don't say Jiraiya he make some stupid law or something perverted." Kasumi half pleaded and Minato laughed silently.
"You're close but there's three Sannin remember?" Minato said and Kasumi's eye widened.
"You don't really think Tsunade will come back willingly to be Hokage, the position she loathes." Kasumi asked and Minato shook his head.
"Probably not willingly but I've sent Naruto with Jiraiya-sensei for some training and for convincing purposes… You know how my son can talk circles around people to actually get them to admit they're wrong." Minato explained and Kasumi nodded and shrugged before she lay back down next to Minato.
"So what do we do now?" Kasumi asked and Minato hummed.
"We wait." He said, tackling Kasumi as they rolled a little and ended up in a play fight for a while as they rolled and came to a stop, Kasumi had her head against Minato's shoulder as he hugged his favourite student close to him. "So no more being closed to me right?" Minato asked down to her and she nodded.
"I'll try… Thinking of closed things… What did Hiruzen-sama seal with the Death Reaper Jutsu?" Kasumi asked curiously and Minato shifted, putting one arm behind his head.
"The Shodai, Niidaime and Orochimaru's arms since he died before he could pull the rest of Orochimaru's soul out." Minato said and Kasumi hummed.
"I'd like to sort out the mess with Kabuto and then take him with me on a short journey." Kasumi said and Minato shifted so he could look into her eyes.
"Where to?" Minato asked, concealing his suspicion.
"I want to test his loyalties because I'm going to need him against Akatsuki. As a trained spy, he knows more about them than I do, working for Orochimaru plus the snake is weak at the moment."
"You do know that is suicide… Kabuto is still close to Orochimaru, he'd probably betray you in a heartbeat." Minato said and Kasumi shrugged.
"I've survived before at least I'll know then… Orochimaru is weak and coming to the end of his three-year cycle of each body… It'll be the best time for me to strike if Kabuto gets in the way and this time he'll die if he betrays me." Kasumi growled like a true heartless ninja and it strangely made Minato smile.
"Well enough talking for today, let's go and corner your otouto and con him into a birthday party for him at my house, just the four of us." Minato said, rolling out from Kasumi and leaving with a yellow flash. Kasumi rolled her eyes as she carefully got to her feet and followed with a dull flash of silver.
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"So you haven't forgotten about me?" Kabuto mused sarcastically from his cell where he sat, curled up against the wall, his legs curled up as his arms hung over his knees.
"I'm sure you know we had a few problems for a while… I've been busy." Kasumi said on the other side of his bars as Ibiki listened from down the hall.
"I know…" He smiled. "So now you have me, what do you want with me?" Kabuto asked, finally turning his head to look at her from his dark cell.
"We're going on a mission together." Kasumi said.
"Oh yippy." Kabuto deadpanned as he stood up and walked over to the bars and hung over them with his arms. "I'm, surprised they're letting me out without a full interrogation but then again Jiraiya-sama and Minato-sama have done that already but it was all about you."
"Yeah, I nearly ended up in this cell with you for a while there. You really know how to twist things up don't you?" Kasumi smirked and Kabuto gave one back as he ducked his head, fixing his glasses at the same time.
"Just checking… You know me, I'm a creature of caution."
"We're going after Orochimaru." Kasumi stated seriously and clearly and Kabuto smiled wickedly.
"Oh? Already wanting to exact revenge are you? You know if you're going to go down I'm not going with you." Kabuto warned meaning if they were failing against Orochimaru he'd swap sides and Kasumi nodded.
"We all fight for our survival differently… Just remember what that means though… Ibiki, please open the cell." Kasumi called down the hall. Ibiki nodded as there was a dull sound of a sort of siren as the metal door slid open and Kabuto stepped out cautiously.
"I don't really fancy going back to that institute for the freakishly insane but it's survival." Kabuto said and Kasumi nodded as they began down the corridor side by side.
"As long as we keep our understanding clear you won't have to. Collect your things and we'll leave to prepare for our journey." Kasumi said as the came to the caged in reception as a box was passed through the opening and Kabuto began to put his pouches on that had been confiscated from him.
Kasumi could see Kabuto was stiff with his hands in his pockets as they walked down the roads of Konoha, like something would jump out at him at any second… That is what you get with being with someone like Orochimaru for years and having to watch your back.
"You'll be staying with me in a new apartment I had to get after mine was destroyed in the invasion. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchenette and one office big enough to share, clean up after yourself and anything to do with bodies, blood etcetera is to stay in the hospital and morgue. Stay out of my stuff but I will not promise to stay out of yours, pick up after yourself and we won't have any problems." Kasumi explained harshly and Kabuto chuckled.
"Talk about keeping a close eye on me but you know I am quite curious." Kabuto said and Kasumi scowled.
"Then I should expect to come home and find one of my traps to have killed you, I take my private space seriously." Kasumi warned and Kabuto chuckled with dark humour.
"I expect nothing less from you senpai."
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Kasumi and Kabuto stood calmly in front of Minato, packed and everything as they just needed the go ahead. Kabuto wore a dark purple shirt with a high collar, a white under-shirt, dark purple fingerless gloves with armoured plates on the back of the hand, a white cloth waistband worn at an angle, dark purple pants, blue sandals and a shuriken holster on his right leg.
"Are you sure about this Kasumi?" Minato asked, eyeing Kabuto still and Kasumi shrugged.
"When am I ever sure about anything sensei?" Kasumi asked rhetorically and Minato nodded, his gaze still flickering over to Kabuto who stood calmly like any other ninja.
"This is true." Minato said. "Yakushi Kabuto… You do anything and I'll come after you personally, do you understand that?" Minato asked and Kabuto smiled sweetly.
"Understood Yondaime-sama."
"Sensei, you keep treating him like this and he definitely won't trust Konoha… I'll see you in a week hopefully." Kasumi sighed as she turned to leave with Kabuto trailing after her with a wave and a fake smile at Minato.
"Be careful Kasumi."
The streets had quietened down after the morning rush hour and now ninja were doing missions and civilians were at work as Kabuto trailed slightly behind Kasumi as he actually took notice of things around, looking at the stalls as they passed.
"Kasumi-sensei, Kabuto, you two know each other?" Kasumi had stopped and turned towards Sasuke's voice and internally groaned when she saw Kakashi walking with the Uchiha.
"I was a proctor of the exams but yes, we do know each other… How are you doing Sasuke?" Kasumi asked, looking Kakashi in the eye with warning.
"Just heading out to train with Kakashi." Sasuke shrugged.
"Good to see you again Sasuke-kun… How is that cursed seal of yours?" Kabuto asked and both Kasumi and Sasuke tensed up as he reached for his neck under the high collar of his black one piece jumpsuit he was still wearing after getting it for the chunin exams.
"Kabuto, you know well that that information is to stay quiet." Kakashi warned even with his lazy posture.
"Of coarse Kakashi-san." Kabuto smiled as Sasuke watched the conversation intently. Kakashi opened his mouth for a smart come back but one sharp look from Kasumi had him changing his mind.
"Sasuke, go ahead, I'll meet you at the training grounds." Kakashi said as he and Kabuto eyed each other.
"See you later Sasuke." Kasumi smiled at the young Uchiha who took off with scepticism.
"Where do you think you're going with him?" Kakashi asked Kasumi as she scowled and watched him calmly.
"We're going on a mission together." Kabuto said happily and Kasumi rolled her eyes.
"Kabuto, sweet talk doesn't work on him, tread carefully when you use those fake emotions." Kasumi ordered calmly and Kabuto instantly changed.
"My apologise senpai." Kabuto said, changing into a more serious attitude.
"Kakashi… Back off, this was my idea." Kasumi warned Kakashi and he scowled. Kakashi looked at Kasumi and noted she was practically geared up for war with her multiple packs on and not to mention the extra knapsack she had across her back coming around her shoulder and opposite hip as it sat across her seal and Kakashi realised it was an extra layer and precaution.
"I hope you know what you're doing… I don't wish to burry you again." Kakashi said coldly as a whisper in her ear as he passed before he was gone in a shunshin behind them and Kasumi sighed.
"Going against Orochimaru, he wouldn't leave anything left for you to burry." Kasumi said after his shunshin. "Let's go, I want to be half way to our destination by sundown, starting at the last hideout he was at." Kasumi said to Kabuto and he nodded.
"He used the last one in the River Country between Suna and Konoha but I doubt he's still there." Kabuto said as he followed Kasumi who had begun walking again.
"Hiruzen-sama took a good shot at him and the Sound Four were with him when he fled. He won't be in a good state and so he must be somewhere in Hi no Kuni, this country of Fire… He'll also still be after Sasuke so he won't leave just yet but he may have risked going back to Oto for now." Kasumi deduced.
"He'll be close by knowing Orochimaru-sama."
A/N: The truth will out! I hope it was a sappy enough reunion between Kasumi and Minato for you Tatty and Dragon and yes, Sasuke was on time to the final round since Kakashi had Itachi and Shisui on his back :D Probably Kasumi too... You will be sorely missed Sandaime Sarutobi Hiruzen :'(
